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RIO VISTA, Calif. - On one side of the gravel road are hundreds of acres of corn. On the other is a different crop that scientists hope will enable farmers to rebuild sinking islands in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, combat global warming and make a profit at the same time.

JUNCTION CITY, Calif. - After a long day battling one of Northern California's most stubborn wildfires, dozens of weary firefighters gathered in a remote wilderness clearing near the fire's front lines to get a chopper ride back to camp.

DZHAVA, Georgia - Russia sent columns of tanks and reportedly bombed Georgian air bases Friday after Georgia launched a major military offensive Friday to retake the breakaway province of South Ossetia, threatening to ignite a broader conflict.

Rachel Anna Stubbs and Ralph Calvin Staffins III were united in marriage at 6:00 in the evening on Saturday, May 17, 2008. The ceremony was held at First Baptist Church in Statesboro and was performed by Dr. John Waters and Mr. Olan Stubbs.

Tracey Shanese Hughes and Terrence Ramon Head were united in marriage at three o'clock in the afternoon on Saturday, March 8, 2008. The double ring ceremony took place at the Charleston Marriott in Historic Charleston, S.C. Minister Michael Griggs of Moncks Corner, S.C., officiated.

WASHINGTON - Top Bush administration officials are pressing the president to direct U.S. troops in Afghanistan to be more aggressive in pursuing militants into Pakistan on foot as part of a proposed radical shift in regional counterterrorism strategy, The Associated Press has learned.

SHERMAN, Texas - A charter bus carrying a Vietnamese Catholic group to an annual pilgrimage slammed onto its side and then skidded off a freeway early Friday, killing at least 13 people and injuring more than 40, authorities said.